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Referendum banning same-sex marriage
Constitutional Amendment 1
Choice
Votes
%
For
619,908
77.78%
Against
177,067
22.22%
Valid votes
796,975
93.71%
Invalid or blank votes
53,538
6.29%
Total votes
850,513
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
2,855,561
27.91%
Yes
90%–100%
80%–90%
70–80%
50–60%
Sources:
[1]
[2]
Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1
[3] of 2004, is an amendment to the
Louisiana Constitution that
makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform
same-sex marriages or
civil unions . The referendum was approved by 78% of the voters.
[4]
The text of the amendment states:
Marriage in the state of Louisiana shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall construe this constitution or any state law to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any member of a union other than the union of one man and one woman. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall recognize any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman.
[5]
References
External links
U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures
1990s 2000s
California Proposition 22 (2000, ban)
Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, ban)
Nevada Question 2 (2002, ban)
Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban)
Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban)
2004 Kentucky Amendment 1 (2004, ban)
Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban)
Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, ban)
Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, ban)
Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, ban)
Montana Initiative 96 (2004, ban)
North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, ban)
Ohio Issue 1 (2004, ban)
Oklahoma Question 711 (2004, ban)
Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, ban)
Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban)
Kansas Amendment 1 (2005)
Texas Proposition 2 (2005, ban)
Alabama Amendment 774 (2006)
Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, constitutional ban defeated)
Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, ban)
Idaho Amendment 2 (2006)
South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, ban)
South Dakota Amendment C (2006)
Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, ban)
Marshall-Newman Amendment (Virginia) (2006, ban)
Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, ban)
Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, ban)
California Proposition 8 (2008, ban)
Florida Amendment 2 (2008, ban)
Maine Question 1 (2009, legalizing legislation defeated)
2010s 2020s